NBA Wednesday Round-Up

San Antonio’s Tony Parker scored 37 points to lead the Spurs to a 100-90 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Wednesday’s clash of two NBA divisional leaders.

Gary Neal added 18 off the bench for the Southwest Division-leading Spurs, who improved their road record to 5-8, against their impressive home record of 13-1.

Lou Williams scored 22 points for the Atlantic Division-leading Sixers, who are 4-2 nearing the end of a seven-game stretch against the league’s top teams. They have lost to the Spurs and Miami but beat Orlando, Chicago, Atlanta and the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Hawks, who had fallen behind by big margins in each game on the homestand, finally got off to a good start. Atlanta built a 21-point lead in the first half and withstood repeated runs by Indiana over the final two quarters.

Joe Johnson added 20 points for the Hawks.

Danny Granger scored 21 points to lead the Pacers, who have lost nine straight in Atlanta, dating back to 2006.

Vince Carter added 17 for the Mavericks, who won despite the ongoing absence of the injured Jason Kidd.

Rudy Fernandez and Al Harrington each had 17 points off the bench to lead the Nuggets, who lost their fourth straight.

Arron Afflalo and Nene returned to Denver’s lineup after sitting out Monday’s loss to Houston, but Denver was still without leading scorer Danilo Gallinari (left ankle) and Timofey Mozgov (left ankle). Corey Brewer was absent following the death of his father.

ROCKETS 103, TRAIL BLAZERS 96

In Portland, Chase Budinger had 22 points off the bench to lead Houston past Portland.

Starting guard Kyle Lowry had 12 points before he left with an arm injury late in the third quarter and he did not return. The extent of the injury was not immediately known.

Jamal Crawford came off the bench to score 21 points for the Trail Blazers, who rallied to tie it 77-77 in the fourth quarter.

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BULLS 90, HORNETS 67

In New Orleans, Chicago held New Orleans in check, with the hosts only just avoiding a franchise-record low score.

Marco Belinelli’s 3-pointer with just a second left carried the Hornets past the club low of 65 points.

Carlos Boozer scored 18 points and Joakim Noah had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls, who won their fourth straight game.

Chris Kaman scored 17 for the Hornets.

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GRIZZLIES 85, TIMBERWOLVES 80

In Memphis, Rudy Gay had 19 points and nine rebounds as Memphis halted a three-game slide with victory over Minnesota.

Quincy Pondexter added a career-high 17 points for the Grizzlies, who won despite shooting just 37 percent.

J.J. Barea led the Timberwolves with 17 points and six assists. Minnesota was also inaccurate, shooting just 39 percent and setting a season low for points. They played without leading scorer Kevin Love, who completed his two-game suspension.

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CAVALIERS 99, CLIPPERS 92

In Cleveland, Ramon Sessions scored 24 points in his first start of the season as a last-minute replacement for injured Kyrie Irving as Cleveland downed Los Angeles.

Antawn Jamison scored 27 points to lead Cleveland.

Blake Griffin had 25 points and 15 rebounds for the Clippers, who tied it at 87-87 with 2:10 left after having trailed by 15 in the third quarter, but could not get ahead.

Los Angeles was playing its first game without injured guard Chauncey Billups, out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon.

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BUCKS 105, RAPTORS 99

In Toronto, Carlos Delfino scored a season-high 25 points against his former team as Milwaukee won its first game in four, beating Toronto.

Delfino, who played for the Raptors in 2007-08, matched his season high with nine rebounds.

Drew Gooden had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Bucks, who have won seven of the past eight against the Raptors.

DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points for Toronto, which has lost three straight.

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KNICKS 107, WIZARDS 93

In Washington, Jeremy Lin had 23 points and a career-high 10 assists as New York beat Washington and notched a third straight win.

Tyson Chandler scored 25 points with 11 rebounds, finishing two points short of his career high, but it was Lin’s night again. Following his breakout games of 25 points against New Jersey and 28 against Utah, Lin was 9 for 14 from the field and 5 of 6 from the line.

The Knicks won again without leading scorers Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, and made it eight straight victories over Washington.

John Wall led the Wizards with 29 points.

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PISTONS 99, NETS 92

In Newark, Greg Monroe had 20 points and 12 rebounds to lift Detroit over New Jersey for its season-best third straight victory.

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